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to me to be more in proportion to the rest of his body than is the case with the 
tiger. ‘The difference between the pugs of a lion and those of a lioness is much 
more marked than in the case of tigers ; that of the female is long and narrow, 
that of the male is broader and more square. In the case of the tiger the same 
rule applies, but it is, as far as my experience goes, much easier to be mistaken 
as to the sex of the animals whose tracks one is looking at in India than in 
Somali Land, All the lions I shot had a tuft of hair on the elbow. The mane 
is disappointing, not being nearly so full as is seen on lions kept in zoological 
gardens. A mane with hair 10 inches long, I should consider a very fine one. 
At the end of the tail there is a tuft of black hair, If this were shaved off, a 
small prickle of horny substance would be seen attached to the skin. This prickle 
is less than 4 of an inch in length and is not sharp. The colour of lions varies 
considerably ; most appear to be of a dark straw colour ; but some are occasion- 
ally found very much darker, being in fact of a distinctly brownish-grey hue ; 
the manes too vary in colour, some being pure yellow, others having a consider- 
able quantity of brown or even black hair intermingled with the yellow ; the 
brown and black hairs lie along the top of the shoulder-blades, and also stretch 
downwards in front of the shoulder at right angles to this ridge. 
I was fortunate enough to see a lioness kill an antelope in broad day-light, I had 
tracked a lioness one afternoon till about 5 p.m., when the tracks went up on 
to high-lying stony ground, such as I have already described, on which it was 
impossible to follow them for a yard. I, however, walked on in the direction in 
which they led, more with the idea of shooting anything that I might see than 
with any thought of finding the lioness ; after going about half a mile over the 
stones, I saw a herd of Soemmering’s gazelle, which I succeeded in getting 
close to, firmg two shots at them ; the 2nd shot hit a buck lowdown on the 
shoulder, knocking him over but not killing him ; the whole herd bolted, the 
wounded animal struggling to his feet and limping slowly after the rest ; at this 
moment a lioness, evidently the one I had been tracking, rushed out from behind 
a small leafless bush about 30 yards from where I was and passing close by me 
made for the wounded antelope, overtaking it. She rushed out from behind the 
bush without uttering a scund and covered the ground at a great pace; although 
she was not more than about 186 yards from me when she came up with the 
antelope, it was not easy to see how she really killed it ; she seemed to rush right 
over it and I saw her grip it with her jaws by the back of the neck, both 
animals then sliding along the ground for some yards in a cloud of dust. I 
next saw her shake the antelope violently, much as a terrier would do witha 
rat and then lie down, apparently sucking the blood which poured from the 
neck. Had I had the patience to wait a little longer I should no doubt have seen. 
her either drag away the dead body or eat it on the spot, but I stopped all further 
proceedings by firing and knocking her over. I afterwards examined the dead 
